How the aviation industry has changed my life.

December 22, 2006

Christmas

Hey Everyone. First off I wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! It really doesn't seem like Christmas this year, does it? I think it's all the snow, or lack there of. I'm kinda disappointed that there is no snow on the ground. This is the first year I can remember that there isn't the white stuff everywhere. I remember last year, I prayed for snow ever night, and about 2 days before Christmas it actually fell. Not too much time left till the tradition is ruined!

Well let me tell you a story. A few years ago we had a bad Christmas. For me to say that something was bad means it was horrible, and this Christmas was just bad. Now everything was going like normal. In fact it was a very good Christmas up until the day we opened our presents. On Christmas day, my dad got a call somewhere around 8:30 am. It was a person from Kansas informing him that his grandma, my Great Grandma had passed away. Well that a shadow over the rest of the day, and the afternoon was spent packing up and heading off to Kansas for the funeral. While we were down in Kansas, one of our goats died. She was the oldest of our four, and the mom of our other three.

You could not ask for a better goat. She had a good long life, much longer than a normal goat's average life span. So that was another big disappointment. So you can probably see why that Christmas has been bad, and around this time I always start to get tense. I'm just hoping that every Holiday season is better than that one. So far, they have been.

On a lighter side of things, I would like to tell you another story from a few years ago. Every year Mom makes Christmas Cookies! They are completely home made, and delicious. She always makes a bunch, they make great gifts for the people who don't get enough credit for doing their jobs, such as the mail man or the garbage men. They always get a plate of cookies around this time of year from us. Well mom had just finished her first batch of cookies, and was ready to distribute them. The mail was coming soon, so she put some frosting on them and quickly ran them out to our mail man as he was driving by. "Fresh and Warm, right out of the oven" she informed him and he took them with open arms. Mom had neglected to try them before she started handing them out. Well something had gone wrong with her recipe... these were the worst cookies we have ever had! No amount of frosting can cover the taste of those things.

Well, this embarrassed mom, and she was thinking about calling up the post office in an effort to retrieve them before they were spread around. But, like every year, we got a note left in our mail box thanking her for the "wonderful" cookies and how everyone enjoyed them. We couldn't even give them to the goats. It turned out OK, the second batch was much much much much better. We will never forget the infamous "cookies of '01."

Well that's it for now, hope you all have a great holiday season. Merry Christmas, Feliz Navidad, Joyous Noel, and Happy Kwanzaa if that is your thing. I would like to spread the word about another blogger who also happens to be an author I know. Page Smith's blog is available at www.pagesmith.blogspot.com . Definently check it out, you'll be glad you did! Until next time, keep the blue side up, and Happy Holidays!Travel safe,-Sam